The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For almost 40 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property. It's not a park, it just looks like one.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Photo: Diane Edwardson, January 12, 2012. Not only is the City looking to purchase the G2 Parcel of Taylor Yard, they're planning a bridge connecting Elysian Valley to Cypress Park. Photo shot from Elysian Park. Elysian Valley is to the left of the river, Cypress Park is on the right. (Click on photo to enlarge.)Read more on the Eastsider:400' Long Orange Taylor Yard BridgeTaylor Yard Parcel G2Of course, you'll still have to cross Metrolink tracks and property to get to any existing park, rec center or school on the east side of the river. Word has it, the bridge is long ago agreed-to mitigation to be paid for by Metrolink for the City allowing their facility to be built so close to homes in Elysian Valley & Cypress Park. Lesson: if neighbors don't hound developers, things agreed to are forgotten & never get built.

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Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Contact: redcarproperty@gmail.com

Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.